Young car buyers like U.S. models

3:23 AM,
Mar. 23, 2013

General Motors has new small models such as the Spark.

Written by

Chris Woodyard
| USA Today

Younger buyers are increasingly choosing Detroit brands over Japanese rivals, a huge reversal from the past, report research groups R.L. Polk and Edmunds.com.

New vehicles from Detroit's Big 3 - General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler - accounted for 36.8 percent of cars bought by Americans ages 25 to 34 in 2012, up from 35.4 percent in 2008. During the same period, the share of cars from Japanese brands for the same age group fell from 50.6 percent to 42.9 percent.